The Visit that changed everything.

I was visiting a friend that looked me in the eye and said “Michelle, you do know that in six weeks your body could look completely different don’t you?” To which I replied “No, I don’t think I do know that. I mean look at me.” She then proceeded to tell me about some exercises that she felt like the Lord had given her that would cause you to see differences almost immediately. She showed them to me and then I did them. I asked questions about how to do them and then performed them. This time was key because I had gotten books and videos before and they had done no good. I had not realized that I needed personal instruction. I did not know how to exercise. So, someone telling me to do this or that exercise did me know good. I did not know what they were talking about. I had never done it. So, little did I know that the personalized instruction from someone that I knew loved me and wanted the best for me was very important.
I have some problem areas that I wanted addressed.
1. My double chin. I don’t want to go from a double chin to flabby skin.
2. My arms. I want them to be and look strong, like what actresses are now letting their arms look like.
3. My chest. My breasts have always tended to migrate down and outward until, even as a teenager it could appear when I lay down that I was fairly flat-chested. Also with age my breasts became very saggy, now not as much.
4. I have rolls on my stomach. And I want to get rid of them, yes, but I also want the muscles to be strong when I do.
5. My but has always been larger than I would like but it has also been perky but now it is not and that has to change.
6. My legs. My thighs are too fat and my calf’s are too muscular. And as a result of all this weight my ankles swell
So, I knew what to change I did not know how to change.
My friend gave me the answer. She showed me some simple exercises that I could do at home with NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT! I did not even need weights I found out.
When she showed me the exercises she told me not to laugh. I thought, “of course” I mean what could be funny about exercise? But, as she showed me the chest exercise I could not help but laugh. This exercise turned out to be the one that not only was the funniest but also was the one that would yield the most immediate results. Calf raises that had at one time been the bane of my existence when my ex-husband had done them unceasingly yielded the next visible results.
For weights I used boxes of Trivia Pursuit cards but initially I thought of using full water bottles. This was the only equipment besides the floor that I would end up needing.